Newcomer talents out of undiscovered areas of Eastern Europe providing an uncompromising IDM/Electronica sound-outfit, seem to touch the ears and hearts of the Tympanik Audio label owner Paul Nielsen and his helpers.
[HAVEN] is a one-man music project out of Poland, consisting of Marcin Jamulski, who presents with "Plastic" his first album newly signed to this label. Previously he can look back on 2 releases for the Polsih label Rage In Eden. Musically mostly driven by dark and cold synth sweep-sounds, multiple voice samples to transport the content, varied field recording efforts and abrasive percussion drops, the 16 tracks on this album create a very own sound environment, which requires a bit more than the usual attention from the listener. Relatively straight and beat-driven tunes like "Marrakech" or "Takir Al-Masir" with their easy-to-follow, catchy synth-layers can be heard side by side with some static and mysterious sounding tunes like "Tell Me About Madness" or "Broken Childhood" – this album draws a fine line between a rhythmically urging for motion and an attentive listening experience. [HAVEN] seemingly manages hard to figure out an authentic kind of its sound, but it too needs to be said, that this act hasn’t reached perfection so far. Some tracks are drowning a bit too obviously into repetitions, also some of the chosen sounds could need an update, just to keep it a bit more thrilling. It’s a respectable debut with some minor flaws, so let’s continue to have an open ear for the further efforts out of this Polish [HAVEN]...